TEN is an architecture, design, and research association working on the principle that value is an outcome of design effort and collective endeavour. Its engagement on public themes of interest and open research on the built environment is shaped by its common statute.

TEN is composed as a record label, providing new formats for interdependent work groups with emphasis on design by research. It aims to conceive, explore, and produce ideas that both state and expand upon emerging practices in the built environment. Its focus lies on producing new realities by means of building prototypes, urban propositions, algorithmic design, and material research with a range of collaborators, colleagues, institutional partners, and private clients. TEN is currently focused on developing models for affordable living with particular focus on cohabitation, reuse, and design of capable structures, open public buildings with social impact, and transformative prototypes.

TEN is a Swiss Art Award (Architecture 2018) and Foundation Award (2020) laureate and 2026 Spotlight Award laureate. TEN has most recently been nominated for the Debut Award at Trienal de Aquitectura de Lisboa 2025, Royal Academy Dorfman Prize 2024, the Mies van der Rohe Award 2022, and the World Bank Resilient Housing Award.

The work of its members has been published and presented across numerous digital and printed platforms, magazines, and academic journals. TEN is engaged with academic research and teaching in various architecture schools across Europe.

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